After winning the gold medal with his national team at the 2018 Asian Games, Son's military service was reduced to one month.

According to reports TuttoSport, Are "not saved nor the travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus and now be trained at the military base on the island of Jeju for a month". The league is looking to finish the rest of the season at a to be determined date behind closed doors.

It has been a turbulent few weeks for Son, who was only back in London for a few weeks having returned to Seoul for surgery on his arm in February.

Upon his return to the United Kingdom, he was forced into two weeks of isolation and had only been back at the club's Hotspur Way training complex for a week or so before it was closed following the government's instructions to stay at home.